number only

From: Oracle <oracle_list_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:34:41 +0100
Message-ID: <BAY15-DAV4EZVqhOBW300021e80@hotmail.com>

I have a column with data such as :

abc123
123
abcde

I want to write a query which returns only numbers from the column , if there are none, then default to 999
So i would have:

123
123
999

Any ideas on the syntax?

Thanks

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